Global health is so overrated. Of course, we should all share a passion for global health, but I think we start to lose focus of the immediacy of our country's own epidemic--the long-ongoing epidemic of a disparity in public health care between the minorities and the rest of our population--when our education community obsessively devotes its attention on health issues across the pond (or otherwise the U.S. border). It is why I have dedicated my life towards the cause of advocating for the reform of public health care of African Americans. We should all come to take care of our immediate neighbors and work our way outwards towards helping others--I'm just saying. In this regard, Tulane and other universities should come gravitate towards more acutely addressing the health crisis of our country.
Patricia Konarski, MPH
African American Public Health Advocate
Clark Atlanta University (CAU) 2002
University of Arizona (UA), Master of Public Health Graduate 2006
Helping Raise the Bar of Public Health of African Americans
Remember: Health is Your Wealth!
PatriciaKonarskiAAMPA@yahoo.com
Tucson, Arizona
